2013 Pulitzer Awards

Photographer Javier Manzano (R) receives a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography from Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, for his picture, distributed by Agence France-Presse (AFP), of two Syrian rebel soldiers tensely guarding their position as beams of light stream through bullet holes, during the 2013 Pulitzer Prize award ceremony in New York.

Photographer Javier Manzano (R) receives a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography from Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, for his picture, distributed by Agence France-Presse (AFP), of two Syrian rebel soldiers tensely guarding their position as beams of light stream through bullet holes, during the 2013 Pulitzer Prize award ceremony in New York. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger poses for a photo with John Branch of the New York Times, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing during the Pulitzer award ceremony at Columbia University in New York.

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger poses for a photo with John Branch of the New York Times, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing during the Pulitzer award ceremony at Columbia University in New York. (AP/Richard Drew)

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger poses with David Barboza of the New York Times, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting during the Pulitzer award ceremony in New York.

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger poses with David Barboza of the New York Times, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting during the Pulitzer award ceremony in New York. (AP/Richard Drew)

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger poses with Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab and David Barstow of the New York Times, winners of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting during the award ceremony in New York.

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger poses with Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab and David Barstow of the New York Times, winners of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting during the award ceremony in New York. (AP/Richard Drew)

Jeremy Olson, Brad Schrade and Glenn Howatt of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, winners of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, pose for a photo during the award ceremony at Columbia University in New York.

Jeremy Olson, Brad Schrade and Glenn Howatt of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, winners of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, pose for a photo during the award ceremony at Columbia University in New York. (AP/Richard Drew)

Steve Sack (R) of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, accepts his award from Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, during the award ceremony in Columbia University's Low Library, New York.

Steve Sack (R) of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, accepts his award from Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, during the award ceremony in Columbia University's Low Library, New York. (AP/Richard Drew)

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger and Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize pose for a photo during the award ceremony in Columbia University's Low Library, New York.

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger and Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize pose for a photo during the award ceremony in Columbia University's Low Library, New York. (AP/Richard Drew)

The Associated Press 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning team, whose coverage of the Syrian civil won the prize for Breaking News Photography, pose together during the awards ceremony in New York.

The Associated Press 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning team, whose coverage of the Syrian civil won the prize for Breaking News Photography, pose together during the awards ceremony in New York. (AP/Richard Drew)

Lisa Song, Elizabeth McGowan and David Hasemyer of InsideClimate News, winners of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, pose for a photo during the award ceremony in Columbia University's Low Library, New York on May 30, 2013.

Lisa Song, Elizabeth McGowan and David Hasemyer of InsideClimate News, winners of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, pose for a photo during the award ceremony in Columbia University's Low Library, New York on May 30, 2013. (AP/Richard Drew)

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, Sally Kestin, and John Maines of the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentine, l winners of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, pose for a photo during the award ceremony in Columbia University's Low Library, New York.

Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, Sally Kestin, and John Maines of the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentine, l winners of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, pose for a photo during the award ceremony in Columbia University's Low Library, New York. (AP/Richard Drew)